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Thank God the Threezus got aggressive in the last few seconds.

Back to back 3s.

We should be out of sight because they are shooting bricks but sheesh how many FTs have they had?

Look at the foul they gave Damien Lillard.

I am tired of the NBA.

That shot that Klay took now. What was that?

I don't know why Steph is trying to be cute. Everyone even.

Just be serious.

popizaino:
What did bayern win before the treble?

They won't reply.

raumdeuter:
Which high flying team was Stones playing in?
Was matic not a starter in a high flying side even a core of Mourinho team,

Was luiz not a starter in high flying psg?

Bernardo was a starter in the same team the Bakayoko you used to diss played

The same Bernardo they called names after the WC and said Portugal was a one man team.

airmark:
The highlighted is a lie. Chelsea stopped Conte from buying Van dijk, Lukaku and other targets.

Hahaha haha.

Lies. The only thing Chelsea did is what City does as well. Chelsea will not pay 100M for Lukaku or 75M for VVD when both players were once 70M and 60M respectively.

patrickmuf:
The style could only beat his closest challenger by a point. In 2004, Arsenal won the league in style as did Porto and Juventus in the Portuguese and Italian leagues thereafter and if you look back a couple of seasons, you'd look at Barcelona of last season and this season, heck, you can say City won the league in style last season but not so much this season where it went all the way to the wire.

These are the people who will tell me they understand English.

He won the league WITH his STYLE of playing football. The style people said will not work in the EPL.

I can't bring myself to be arguing 98 and 97 points when no team has ever done it and none will ever do it again in years to come.

Greatihex:
the bold is correct, but you need to consider the following.


1. He has the most net spend of any manager
2. He has the best squad depth.
3. He took over the best team in the league on paper.
4. He has never lost any key member of his team to another team like Matic for Chelsea and Coutinho for pool.

Just like pochettino once said, his team has done well locally but you need to consider the above.

Best team on paper? hahahahaha

Joe Hart, Yaya Toure, Gael Clichy, Sagna, Zabaleta, Bony, Fernando, Kolarov? Where did they go to after being sold?

Matic key member? When Coutinho was there what did Liverpool win?

Greatihex:
let us just remove sentiments. Can you boldly say that man city failed to get those players just because of the financial implications?

100% They refused to buy any player beyond the market value.

patrickmuf:
You have a way of making things look a lot better than they are, winning a league with a point difference is indeed stylish...
You've been around long enough to know why I asked Raumdeuter that question but if your memory fails you, I'd gladly help. When Conte won the league in his and Pep's first attempt, Raumdeuter was quick to rubbish the achievement of Conte by saying the EPL and every other league trophy is a local trophy with only the UCL of value, fast forward 3 years after, you want to rub it in our faces that Pep is the best thing after slice bread even when by the standard of the one who sets the rule, Raumdeuter, he has so far failed woefully. Las las this L go remain for ground, e no fit enter our neck.

LMAO. With his style refers to how many points he beat the next team by and not the way his team plays?

Raumdeuter honoured his word unlike some people we know.

No long talk. No shady dealings. I did not even remind him, on his own, he initiated everything.

I stan.

hensben:
I mean the position is already occupied with Fernandinho and Gudodgan, he needed Jorginho as understudy to Fernandinho and also in the attacking phase he needed Sanchez to rotate Jesus, Aguero, Sane, sterling B. Sylva... so you see that he was not desperate. Chelsea only have Kante and sarri didn’t plan to him there so he purchased Jorginho unlike pep that had options those positions.

You are still yapping the same rubbish.

Since when did Gundogan start deputizing for Fernandinho? Was it not this season when Fernandinho got injured? If Pep knew all along that he could use Gundogan he would not have gone for Jorginho. He used Gundogan as a DM simply because he made to manage with what he had. Same reason he used Delph and Zinchenko and did not sign another LB. How can you not want someone yet agree to pay 50M for them? He only backed out when Napoli asked for 55M. Come up with another lame excuse abeg.

As if Sarri uses Kante as a DM.

airmark:
Bony, who only played 6 matches, was the reason Fraudiola spent 50m+ on a striker, while Aguero was still there. Lol
Bravo was bought and replaced too, but still remained in the team.

Fraudiola would have spent 1bn on the team that Conte managed to win the league in his first attempt.

Who was the striker that 50M was spent on?

I will use an "eruditor" email.

airmark:
You are either blind or have poor understand of the language I used to ask about Bony, for you to have asked that question about Bony being in City or not.

Can you equate replacing Bony to replacing Costa in Chelsea? Bony that didn't play up to 8 games for City, was the one you were using as justification for Fraudiola going on spending spree. You are a joke.

My understanding of the language is proficient don't worry. As he sold Bony and Iheanacho should he not have replaced them? That is my only question. Because Bony is not Costa means he should not be replaced?

What did Costa do for ATM that he eventually went to? Make up your mind about the type of argument you want to make. You are all over the place.

Emaprince:
How was his survival in his first season? He was totally bruised..until he started spending like there is no tomorrow.

Bottom line: money saved him.

And when is he surpassing pelegrini in the UCL?

Why am I even asking, a coach that took over the best team in the world, who just finished winning treble and reduced them to goal guzzlers whenever he meets a team of equal strength.

Ever since he left messi, he has been at best a local champion
Local trophies don't matter bro.

He finished 3rd with 78points with a team that had 66 points just before he came. Then he changed only the full backs who were aged with younger guys (the other signings were bench players). Then he used the same core of players that other managers got 89 and 87pts with and got 100pts with those same players. Following year, he added just one more signing and got 98pts even when most of his starters had injuries at different times.

If you are bold enough to keep betting against that person in the UCL, says a lot about you.

airmark:
You should ask your friend Raumdeuter, questions.

When we asked for Fraudiola's epl trophy in his first season, your friend told us he wasn't in England for local trophies. How is it a crime to ask for the non-local trophies we were told he came to win?

Ok. He has been in EPL 3 seasons now just like Pellegrini and Mancini. Remember I told you we would judge after 3 seasons. Did they win 2 EPL titles?

airmark:
Was Bony in the first 11 before?

His team in his first season was ok to have won him the league but no, he had to splash more money to buy players of his choice.

Give Conte same free hand and largesse, Fraudiola wouldn't have smelt the trophy with the spending spree.

Fraudiola had Aguero and Jesus, Conte had spineless Morata.

I want to say you are smarter than this, but I am not even sure.

Want to bet Bony was not in City when Pep was there?

If his team was good enough to win the league why had they not won it 2 years in a row before he came?

On the one hand, you claim Conte did not buy who he wanted on the other hand you are angry that Pep sold old players and replaced them with who he wanted?

What type of unstable element are you?

patrickmuf:
Is the EPL trophy still a local trophy for small coaches?

It is a local trophy. The one you people said he could not win with his style.

Leyqute:
Money doping and Man City are like 5&6. They’re worse than Mexican drug lords.

Apari should also be made to surrender all the local medals he won during that period. Bald David Nwoyes

What year did this allegation transpire?

hensben:
Why are you now celebrating local trophies you this double standard man. Pep is a good coach and I like him due to his style of play but his achievement is overrated or it is on here he is been overrated because pundits, and other football organization and expert rarely sing his praises. Pep has coached Barcelona, Bayern Liga and now man city. In man city, he is given all the leverage that Mou and other managers I know never had. It’s not about spending money if as a coach the club’s policy is not in your hand it will not be easy to really do great. For example, Pep chooses what he want and don’t at man city, but look at conte at chelsea club policy hindered his second season.

LMAO

hensben:
They spend but pep already got players, he needed them to add to the already filled squad but since they requested for higher pay he back out knowing that they are not desperately needed.

Already filled Squad. So Chelsea that got Jorginho did not have an already filled squad? Or United that got Sanchez? What is your problem?

Greatihex:
maybe that was why they conceded the most shots.

Ah...Always trying to sound smart. LMAO.

You goofed big time again. I wish you will see the goof and correct yourself.

hensben:
Pep wanted Jorginho(Who is in his peak) to come be an understudy to Fernandinho and Sanchez as squad rotation cos he already had enough to choose from, so literally he never wanted those players. If he actually wanted them the board would’ve got them for him.

Hope you know who you are responding to. What you have said is absolutely false and nonsensical. Both players agreed to sign with him but when Napoli asked for more money City backed out and Chelsea agreed to pay. Sanchez asked for higher salary and City did same but United agreed to pay. Which proves that City don't spend anyhow.

hensben:
Conte spent those money but most players he signed were not his first option. Pep failed in his first season, his second season he overhaul the team and did marque signings that play his brand of football. If Sarri has those privilege in Chelsea he will do same as most players in Chelsea are not used to his pattern of play which led to us struggling this season as in the case of pep’s first season. So you see that pep has done nothing special so far in his career, he is just been fortunate so far in his coaching career. Only am I diot will not understand what I am saying. I’m not hating on him, he is one of my best coach in this modern football and I’m a fan of his in reality but I like to call a spade a spade. I do not allow my emotions to becloud my sense of reasoning. His achievement is overrated but his style of football is what I admire. I’m not a fan of Mou style of football but his achievement is top notch, I admire his achievement looking at how he achieved them. Spot the difference.

Messi and Ronaldo were his first options abi? Did he also want to sign Pep as his own manager?

hensben:
Literally, he never wanted them the media were fueling the whole thing. Common sense should tell you what I meant with that first statement. I know you like arguing trivially so continue.

Jesus is Lord.

Melvyn11:
If he takes them to semi final you will say it's nothing new pelegrini did it already.

If he reached the final and lose you will laugh and continue shouting fraud.

If he wins you will say he did nothing special with all the money spent he was suppose to win the Champions league.

Lol.

This is why I never take their arguments seriously.

The same people who clearly wanted Liverpool to win the local league to mock Pep have now turned around to ditch it and ask for something else.

airmark:
You quoted my post of 2016, did he fail in 2016/2017 in epl, yes or no?

The whole world was shocked as he replaced Bravo with another keeper after his first season failure by going ahead on a spending spree while Conte, who beat Fraudiola with Victor Moses and co home and away, was crying up and down for money to be released for his choices.

Spending spree after he sold at least 5 players? So he should have not replaced Wilfred Bony and co?

Hmm.

hensben:
Your example is flawed cos Kante, Mahrez before were the reason behind Leicester winning epl before you mention Vardy. Secondly, Ronaldo is a player unlike pep and Ronaldo was very instrumental to the team’s success due to his overall stats for his team. Pep coached a Barca that won ucl in 2006, the players were still there but the team had internal crisis led by Ronaldinho’s irregular behavior. He did nothing special with a treble winning Bayern. He came to a city side that were ready to do anything he want with money, he had to overhauled the team cos his first season was below to standard

What in the world has shown you that City were ready to do anything yet they did not sign Pogba, Sanchez, Jorginho, Mbappé? I mean these are players Pep clearly wanted.

I cringe at some of the things you people spew here.

KingAzubuike:
Honestly fraudiola has always had life easy for him. The players he works with are usually ready-made that an unknown coach will even do well with.

Look at it. The same frauds after world cup are now ready-made.

raumdeuter:
Hello. Send your contact to my email

Baba, I don't think I know your email.